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Tolyatti

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Tolyatti
Тольятти
A cultural heritage tomb in Tolyatti
A cultural heritage tomb in Tolyatti
Flag of Tolyatti
Coat of arms of Tolyatti
Country Russia

Tolyatti (Russian: Тольятти) is a city in Samara Oblast, Russia. It is the second-largest city of Samara Oblast. As of 2024, the city has 667,956 people.[1]

Tolyatti is known formerly as Stavropol until 1964. The city was founded as a fortress in 1738 and known as Stavropol, it was given city status in 1780 and again in 1946. Became more prominent by Samara, it remained unimportant until the beginning in 1950 of the huge V.I.

Geography

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The city was 988 kilometers southeast of Moscow, 1,700 kilometers southeast of Saint Petersburg, 637 kilometers south of Nizhny Novgorod, and 995 kilometers southeast of Yekaterinburg.

Population

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As of 2010, Tolyatti has 719,632 people. In 2005, it has 704,792 people.

References

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